What if the concept of representative government was simply an impossibility?

What if a government “of the people, by the people, and for the people” was hopeless? What if the entire process of democratic elections was predicated on a flawed approach to organizing society?

What if the coercive, monopolistic, and parasitic entity known as the state inherently cared more for its own well being that it’s citizens?

What if the universal laws of private property and voluntary exchange were in violation on a constant basis by every form of government in history? What if the very notion of taxation implies that the state has a higher claim on the fruits of your labor than you do? What if this notion was also known as slavery? What if modern day slaves clamored for for their own bondage through the voting process?

What if voluntary participation in the voting process was really a passive acceptance of the state’s eternal control of the individual?

What if getting involved in politics, and trying to make changes from the inside was useless? What if the system was so inherently flawed, that no decent person could make any meaningful change from a policy standpoint? What if political corruption was so abundant that the average person regularly makes jokes about the impossibility of getting rid of crooked politicians?

What if the very nature of political positions attracted the worst that society has to offer?

What if F. A. Hayek was correct when he said that “the worst rise to the top.”? What if Lord Acton was also correct when he said that “power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely"?

What if this “power” was at the very heart of why no government can actually represent its people.

What if instead of all this, society sought to respect the private property rights of the individual and their freedom to engage in voluntary exchange?

What if people discovered that no monopolistic, coercive entity was needed at all? What if all the good things that the government could “supposedly” add to society were more than capable in the hands free individuals, left to their own?

What if there was no such thing as perfection in human organizations, yet this fact didn’t stop society from accepting an enduring system of compulsion by a small monopoly.

What if organizations based on voluntary cooperation became the norm? What if people realized that self governance was not only possible, but the only just way for humans to interact?

What if the simple concept of peaceful, voluntary exchange has been a struggle for mankind since time immemorial?

What if the very nature of the state meant that while it will never end itself, it is up to individuals to promote the idea of freedom, no matter how bleak the prospects may seem in the current political environment?

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